Chimney stent-grafts for aortic aneurysms show good patency after 2 years

The article reports a study which revealed that the use of chimney stent-grafts for aortic aneurysms in highrisk patients with pararenal aortic pathologies show successful exclusion of the aneurysm in 90% of the cases at 24 months of radiological follow-up.

Purpose: To report a case of type I endoleak secondary to complete disruption of the sutures uniting the uncovered and covered segments of a bifurcated Zenith endoluminal graft, causing displacement and distal migration of the graft main body. Case Report: A 76 year-old man had successful...

The article presents a case study of a 86-year-old patient with febrile abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) was conducted after granular leukocytosis was confirmed. The patient was given amoxicillin and gentamicin instead of antibiotics. He was diagnosed with mycotic aneurysm and underwent...

Endovascular aneurysm repair has become a standard treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). However a severely angulated aneurysmal neck is one of the most common anatomical limitations of endovascular repair, and is associated with poor outcomes. We successfully treated a patient who had...

Objectives: To describe morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing the elephant trunk (ET) implantation as the first stage in the repair of their mega aorta and to assess determinants for the occurrence of complications. Methods: One hundred consecutive patients undergoing an ET implantation...

Marfan's syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition with a prevalence of 4 to 6:100 000, and classically comprises skeletal changes, ectopia lentis and cystic medial necrosis of the largest arteries. The latter leads to aneurysm formation, most often commencing at the aortic root, and is...

Abstract: The following is a description of a modified technique for the reinforcement of proximal anastomosis regarding the process of aortic allograft or pulmonary autograft full root implantation. A double width pericardial strip is used to create a pericardial sewing-cuff to be used as a...

Background: Airway complications are among the most challenging problems after lung transplantation, and Self- Expandable Metallic Stents (SEMS) are used to treat airway complications such as stenosis or malacia at the bronchial anastomosis sites. Several transplantation centers are reluctant to...

Comments on an article about stent-graft migration. Concept of prosthetic device migration; Clinical significance of stent-graft migration; Evaluation of stent-graft migration in relation to the type of prosthesis used.